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26 Quotes That Explain The Haunting Agony That Is Living With Depression

How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. 
Kirsten Corley
October 11, 2016
“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.”
— Andrea Gibson, Pansy
Tagged: Poetry, Feelings, emotions, strength, vulnerability, andrea gibson, pansy, Writers
“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.”
— Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
Tagged: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Sad, Finding Yourself, Relationships
“the courage it took to get out of bed each 
morning 
to face the same things 
over and over 
was 
enormous.”
— Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense
Tagged: Life, Apathy, Depression, The Daily Grind
“Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.”
— Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot
Tagged: Depression, Sadness, Loneliness, coping
“Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won’t rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry.”
— Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Tagged: Feelings, emotions, Depression
“ I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Tagged: Loneliness, Depression, Life
“That's the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it's impossible to ever see the end.”
— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation
Tagged: Depression, Survival, humans
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.”
— Stephen Fry, More Fool Me: A Memoir
Tagged: Depression, Questions, Friendship
“I wanted to tell people, 'My depression is acting up today' as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.”
— Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
Tagged: Depression, social life, Friendship
“The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.”
— Pete Wentz, Hyperbole and a Half
Tagged: Depression, addictive, Guilt, Happiness
“One of the scariest things in life is when you come to the realization that the only thing that can save you is...yourself.”
— Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year
Tagged: strength, Finding Strength, Battling Depression, Battling Mental Illness, Mental Illness, Saving Yourself, Finding Yourself, Confidence, Depression
“Deep depression is due to a problem with brain chemistry, not a problem with inner weakness.”
— Karen Salmansohn, 15 Positive Quotes For When You're Depressed- Karen Salmansohn
Tagged: Don't Give Up, Depression, Brain, Weakness, strength
“Inactivity and depression feed on themselves. The more you wallow, the worse it gets.”
— Khloé Kardashian, Strong Looks Better Naked
Tagged: Depression, Wallow, Inactivity
“In addition, many people with anxiety disorders often suffer from depression as well. People with anxiety disorders also have an elevated risk for developing substance abuse problems with alcohol or other drugs or with both alcohol and drugs. These problems may stem, at least in part, from attempts to self-medicate and decrease the effects of the anxiety disorder.”
— Lance Levan, Anxiety: Top Tips For Rapid Relief Of Anxiety, Panic, Nervousness, And Worry (Anxiety Relief, Anxiety Self-Help, Depression, Panic Attacks,)
Tagged: Anxiety Disorder, Understanding Anxiety, Anxiety
“Depression is when you don’t really care about anything. Anxiety is when you care too much, and over think everything, having both is hell.”
— Soft Grung
Tagged: Anxiety, Depression, Negative Feelings
“Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it's good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.”
— Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Tagged: Best Days, Listen, Love, Friends, Family, Memories, Depression, Brave, strength, Treat Yourself Well, Health, Reason
“Depression is worse than mere sadness or being in a ''bad mood.'' The hallmark of severe depression is 'an inclination to despair' and the inability of many people to feel anything whatsoever.”
— John Langone, BOOKS ON HEALTH; A Window Into Depression
Tagged: Depression, Mental Health
“The greatest barrier to seeking mental health care, especially for depression, is recognizing the need to seek care in the first place.”
— Elizabeth D. Arend, Treating Women for Depression
Tagged: Depression, Mental Health
“The most common reaction is, 'How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car movies...What else do you want? It's not about what you have or don't have. ”
— Deepika Padukone, I Had To Take Medication For Depression
Tagged: Depression Awareness, Mental Health
“It doesn't have to take over your life, it doesn't have to define you as a person, it's just important that you ask for help. It's not a sign of weakness.”
— Demi Lovato, Demi Lovato On Her Mental Health Journey
Tagged: Mental Health Awareness, Depression Awareness
“On the other side of your pain is something good.”
— Dwayne Johnson, How a Bout of Depression Led to Dwayne Johnson's Career-Defining Moment | Master Class | OWN
Tagged: Depression Awareness, Mental Health Awareness
“We feel any of the negative emotions or that dark cloud settle on you, and you feel like you need to cry out or speak to someone about it, and 'Nope I'm not gonna do that, because I'm a man.”
— Wayne Brady, Wayne Brady Speaks Out About His Depression: 'It Ate Away at Me Daily'
Tagged: Depression, Mental Health Awareness
“Depression doesn’t care who it attacks; if it wants you, you cannot beat it off with a CV or a bank balance.”
— Marcus Trescothick, Celebrity supporters
Tagged: Mental Health Awareness
“I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything's just okay. You need to get out of bed every day and say that life is good. That's what I did, although at times it was very difficult for me.”
— Jim Carrey, Cara Delevingne and 17 other celebrities speak honestly about their mental health battles
Tagged: Mental Health Awareness, Depression
“If you saw the size of the blessing coming you'd understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting.”
— The Good Quote, FB Fanpage
Tagged: Fight On, Depression, Sad Quotes
“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression….Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape. It crushes down on you, making even the smallest things like tying your shoes or chewing on toast seem like a twenty-mile hike uphill. Depression is a part of you; it’s in your bones and your blood.”
— Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes
Tagged: Living With Depression, Sadness, Darkness